Bazzel R. Burris III, son of Bazzel Riggs Burris II and Phoebe Ann Campbell, was born in Nueces County, Texas on 27 June, 1877. When he was 4 years old, his father died and he went with his mother to live with his grandparents in Blanco County, Texas. He went to school there and worked on his mother's farm and ranch on Flat Creek.
After graduation, Bazzel attended Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas. He studied law and was also a farmer. He later moved to Bell County, where he located land from his father's estate. This land grant was issued Jul 5, 1844, by the Texas Land Commission of Galveston County to his grandfather. The 320 acres was awarded to single men who settled in Texas by1840, however because his grandfather and father both died young, the grant had never been located.
Although he identified himself as a farmer, he was also a lawyer and inventor. In 1926, he invented a new model mechanized cotton harvester which he registered for patent. He was active in politics and consistently engaged as a public speaker for Democratic candidates all over the state. He married Eva Leah Turnbo in Nolanville, Texas, on Jan 18, 1917. They moved to his ranch on Lampasas River between Kileen and Florence, Texas. Bazzel R. III and Eva Turnbo Burris's union produced six children, Emmet, Audrey, Sylvia, Marzee, Bazzel IV, and Wade. Like his father and grandfather before him, when Bazzel died in October 1927, his wife was pregnant with their son, Wade, who was born in January 1928. The family had moved to Abernathy, Texas and he is buried there in the Abernathy Cemetery.
After graduation, Bazzel attended Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas. He studied law and was also a farmer. He later moved to Bell County, where he located land from his father's estate. This land grant was issued Jul 5, 1844, by the Texas Land Commission of Galveston County to his grandfather. The 320 acres was awarded to single men who settled in Texas by1840, however because his grandfather and father both died young, the grant had never been located.
Although he identified himself as a farmer, he was also a lawyer and inventor. In 1926, he invented a new model mechanized cotton harvester which he registered for patent. He was active in politics and consistently engaged as a public speaker for Democratic candidates all over the state. He married Eva Leah Turnbo in Nolanville, Texas, on Jan 18, 1917. They moved to his ranch on Lampasas River between Kileen and Florence, Texas. Bazzel R. III and Eva Turnbo Burris's union produced six children, Emmet, Audrey, Sylvia, Marzee, Bazzel IV, and Wade. Like his father and grandfather before him, when Bazzel died in October 1927, his wife was pregnant with their son, Wade, who was born in January 1928. The family had moved to Abernathy, Texas and he is buried there in the Abernathy Cemetery.
Bazzel R. Burris III, son of Bazzel Riggs Burris II and Phoebe Ann Campbell, was born in Nueces County, Texas on 27 June, 1877. When he was 4 years old, his father died and he went with his mother to live with his grandparents in Blanco County, Texas. He went to school there and worked on his mother's farm and ranch on Flat Creek.
After graduation, Bazzel attended Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas. He studied law and was also a farmer. He later moved to Bell County, where he located land from his father's estate. This land grant was issued Jul 5, 1844, by the Texas Land Commission of Galveston County to his grandfather. The 320 acres was awarded to single men who settled in Texas by1840, however because his grandfather and father both died young, the grant had never been located.
Although he identified himself as a farmer, he was also a lawyer and inventor. In 1926, he invented a new model mechanized cotton harvester which he registered for patent. He was active in politics and consistently engaged as a public speaker for Democratic candidates all over the state. He married Eva Leah Turnbo in Nolanville, Texas, on Jan 18, 1917. They moved to his ranch on Lampasas River between Kileen and Florence, Texas. Bazzel R. III and Eva Turnbo Burris's union produced six children, Emmet, Audrey, Sylvia, Marzee, Bazzel IV, and Wade. Like his father and grandfather before him, when Bazzel died in October 1927, his wife was pregnant with their son, Wade, who was born in January 1928. The family had moved to Abernathy, Texas and he is buried there in the Abernathy Cemetery.
After graduation, Bazzel attended Trinity University in Waxahachie, Texas. He studied law and was also a farmer. He later moved to Bell County, where he located land from his father's estate. This land grant was issued Jul 5, 1844, by the Texas Land Commission of Galveston County to his grandfather. The 320 acres was awarded to single men who settled in Texas by1840, however because his grandfather and father both died young, the grant had never been located.
Although he identified himself as a farmer, he was also a lawyer and inventor. In 1926, he invented a new model mechanized cotton harvester which he registered for patent. He was active in politics and consistently engaged as a public speaker for Democratic candidates all over the state. He married Eva Leah Turnbo in Nolanville, Texas, on Jan 18, 1917. They moved to his ranch on Lampasas River between Kileen and Florence, Texas. Bazzel R. III and Eva Turnbo Burris's union produced six children, Emmet, Audrey, Sylvia, Marzee, Bazzel IV, and Wade. Like his father and grandfather before him, when Bazzel died in October 1927, his wife was pregnant with their son, Wade, who was born in January 1928. The family had moved to Abernathy, Texas and he is buried there in the Abernathy Cemetery.
